The field of <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1720049_1720050_1721653,00.html">geo-engineering </a>has launched all kinds of outlandish ideas for combating climate change, from <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/01/0108_020108oceaniron.html">dumping iron into the world's oceans </a>to <a href="http://climate.weather.com/articles/savingplanet0308.html">shooting mirrors into space</a>. A <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/27/geo-engineering-ime-report">report</a> published last Thursday from the <a href="http://www.imeche.org/">Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME)</a> suggested that a forest of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/27/geo-engineering-ime-report">100,000 artificial "trees"</a> could be "planted" near depleted oil and gas reserves to trap carbon in a filter and bury it underground. <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/16/trees-geoengineering.html">The carbon suckers </a>look more like fly swatters than actual arbors, but researchers say that once fully developed, the "trees" could remove <b>thousands of times</b> more carbon than a real tree....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/100000-synthetic-trees-could-help-combat-climate-change/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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The field of <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1720049_1720050_1721653,00.html">geo-engineering </a>has launched all kinds of outlandish ideas for combating climate change, from <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/01/0108_020108oceaniron.html">dumping iron into the world's oceans </a>to <a href="http://climate.weather.com/articles/savingplanet0308.html">shooting mirrors into space</a>. A <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/27/geo-engineering-ime-report">report</a> published last Thursday from the <a href="http://www.imeche.org/">Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME)</a> suggested that a forest of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/27/geo-engineering-ime-report">100,000 artificial "trees"</a> could be "planted" near depleted oil and gas reserves to trap carbon in a filter and bury it underground. <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/16/trees-geoengineering.html">The carbon suckers </a>look more like fly swatters than actual arbors, but researchers say that once fully developed, the "trees" could remove <b>thousands of times</b> more carbon than a real tree....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/100000-synthetic-trees-could-help-combat-climate-change/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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The field of <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1720049_1720050_1721653,00.html">geo-engineering </a>has launched all kinds of outlandish ideas for combating climate change, from <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/01/0108_020108oceaniron.html">dumping iron into the world's oceans </a>to <a href="http://climate.weather.com/articles/savingplanet0308.html">shooting mirrors into space</a>. A <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/27/geo-engineering-ime-report">report</a> published last Thursday from the <a href="http://www.imeche.org/">Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME)</a> suggested that a forest of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/27/geo-engineering-ime-report">100,000 artificial "trees"</a> could be "planted" near depleted oil and gas reserves to trap carbon in a filter and bury it underground. <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/16/trees-geoengineering.html">The carbon suckers </a>look more like fly swatters than actual arbors, but researchers say that once fully developed, the "trees" could remove <b>thousands of times</b> more carbon than a real tree....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/100000-synthetic-trees-could-help-combat-climate-change/'>READ ARTICLE</a>